I remember reading a theory of history a long time ago, which gave a persuasive explanation

for why human society seemed to repeat the same mistakes over and over.

Every generation it said only really learns what to do, how to think and which pitfalls to avoid from the two

preceding generations with which it has direct contact. We don't learn lessons from history,

we learn them from our parents and grandparents. For proof of this, if you're a man my age,

you're likely to know a fair bit about World War II and almost nothing about World War I.

No one watching this who is not explicitly a history nerd will know much more than the

meaningless basics about the Napoleonic Wars. In other words, if history repeats itself, or at least

rhymes, it is because we are repeating the mistakes of our great grandparents,

i.e. people who lived 80 to 90 years ago and could not personally warn us. As the saying goes,

those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it, and those who do know history are doomed to

watch others repeat it. This is why I think many people cannot see what is happening on the

right,

following the split which began with the invasion of Ukraine and was wedged open by the Israel-Hamas

war. The reason for this video is, of course, the unfolding events of the last few days here in

the US, where I'm on a month-long recording trip. The story began when Tucker Carlston hosted Nick Fuentes on his show.

Fuentes is a streamer on Rumble, where he expresses his admiration for Hitler, who he says

is very cool.

He asks his followers to join in chants like, I will kill and rape for Nicholas J. Fuentes,

and gives his latest takes on Jewish power in America, mixing all of this in with

comments like around blacks never relax. When Tucker invited Fuentes on for a softball interview,

many on the American right, who've been privately shocked by the recent direction some in their

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